US sales body NPD has released its figures for games
industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and 19 per cent hike in hardware sales — with total national sales hitting a massive $ 1.33 billion.
«We believe industry fundamentals such as the age of the vehicle fleet, well managed inventory levels, firm used car pricing, good credit availability and low fuel prices will support higher
industry sales in 2016,» said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM's chief economist.
«The U.S. economy continues to expand and the most important factors that drive demand for new vehicles are in place, so we expect to see a second consecutive year of record
industry sales in 2016,» said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM's chief economist.
* Annual auto
industry sales in China are expected to reach 35 million in 10 to 15 years, about twice the current annual rate in the U.S.
The overall good news has Ford officials sticking with their optimistic prediction of 17.7 million
industry sales in the U.S. for the full year with the expectation sales will pick up more steam in the latter half of 2017.
Not exact matches
One of the core concepts
in the digital marketing
industry is the
sales funnel.
With semantics technology
sales teams can easily access data relevant not only to the business and the
industry their clients are working
in, but also the
in - between links like transport and delivery mechanics, as well as end - markets.
As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new
industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion
in domestic movie ticket
sales for the first time ever.
The department expects the new regime will create a private
industry eventually worth some $ 1.3 billion
in sales annually with perhaps half a million customers.
Record labels used to rely on radio play and music videos to ensure
sales, but
in today's music
industry (one heavily influenced by the Internet, of course), advertising and television are the «new radio,» says David Hayman, creative director and music supervisor at Toronto's Supersonic Creative.
«While we do not believe that either of these new sweeteners / flavoring agents will be the natural, great - tasting and calorie - free «silver bullet» that the
industry has been waiting for, we believe it is possible that they will be able to drive interest, engagement and potentially
sales growth because of the massive consumer / societal need to reduce sugar and enhance healthiness,» Ali Dibadj, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said
in a note last December that previewed sweetener innovations expected this year from Coke and Pepsi.
I was able to grow my Twitter following and generate revenue /
sales by using this method: I decided to go out and make genuine connections with people who were involved
in similar
industries as me or intrigued by topics that interested me.
New vehicle
sales in Western Australia registered a slight increase
in March compared with the same month last year, while
sales for the 12 months to March were up 5.3 per cent on the prior year, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive
Industries.
The growing humanization of dogs has created a wider bandwidth of marketing and
sales opportunities for both products and services related to the dog
industry in the United States and beyond.
2016's movie
industry highlights include a monster year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new yearly global box office record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion
in worldwide ticket
sales.
May 2 (Reuters)- Yum Brands Inc's
sales at established outlets rose at just half the pace expected by Wall Street, as its KFC and Pizza Hut chains struggled to attract enough diners
in a fiercely competitive restaurant
industry.
Growth: By 2024, Grand View Research predicts, the global ready - to - drink coffee and tea
industry, including refrigerated and shelf - stable products, will reach
sales of $ 116 billion, up from $ 71 billion
in 2015.
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And with more blockbusters being released each summer, the
industry stands to benefit from stronger
sales in the summer months, when demand for toys has traditionally slowed.
He also devoted energy to finding partnerships for Vodafone UK outside of the telecom
industry in order to promote
sales.
It takes years of working
in an
industry to understand it
in depth, but
sales reps need to access a decent, digestible chunk of information extremely quickly.
Others questioned whether the company was really
in the dark: «Most «fleet»
sales were just a flimsy cover for
sales to resellers,» concluded Bertel Schmitt of Dailykanban.com, an auto
industry site.
And it's not just Dick's;
industry wide,
sales are flagging
in the absence of fear among gun owners that President Trump and Republicans will push for new laws.
People
in manufacturing design installation and
sales to mention but a few of the possibilities of a fully fledged Solar
industry that Australia could embrace and possibly lead the way for the world to follow?
Meanwhile, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently taken steps that would allow federal prosecutors
in states where weed is legal to decide whether to prosecute people over marijuana
sales in a development that could threaten the burgeoning
industry (or, at the very least, spur litigation from some of the states
in question looking to keep the federal government from interfering with statewide legislation).
After all, the demand for travel is nearly insatiable, and the
industry keeps growing
in order to keep up, creating new opportunities for enterprising
sales professionals all the time.
What began as a conference devoted to honoring excellence
in advertising has morphed into a gaudy business meeting for the technology and
sales people who call the shots
in the
industry.
According to Eimantas Balciunas, CEO of Travel Ticker: «To secure more hotel partnerships at Travel Ticker, sometimes the
sales team enlists help from members of the executive team — including me — to gain introductions to other influencers
in the hospitality
industry who may have access to hard - to - reach executives at boutique and chain hotels around the world.»
Months of deliberations behind closed doors at Shell headquarters
in The Hague, Netherlands, had led the top brass at the world's largest non-state-owned oil company by
sales to conclude that the energy
industry was changing fundamentally —
in a way that could turn the profitable oil - sands operation into a liability.
«Away - from - home coffee
sales are on the rise,» says Darren Seifer, food and beverages
industry analyst at NPD Group, «especially
in the afternoon.
The union is part of a national wave of activism trying to get the firearms
industry to improve gun safety and
sales policies after another deadly mass shooting, this time at a Florida high school
in February that left 17 people dead.
A staffing services company that helps companies
in the accounting, administrative, call center, HR, marketing,
sales and technology
industries find appropriate candidates to fill part - time and full - time positions.
The
industry has roughly been posting flat
sales in recent years as consumers are favoring the spirits and wine categories.
It wasn't really his fault: Amidst a deepening recession, the entire
industry was reeling, hit by an 80 % drop
in sales in one three - month period.
On a full - year basis, 2013 same - store
sales growth of 1.1 %
in the Canadian segment was below our original target range of 2 % to 4 %; we believe this was due to ongoing challenging economic conditions and increased competitive intensity
in our
industry.
«There is an important shift
in the
industry that is driven by mobile technology at the point - of -
sale, integrated with a finance marketplace that is finding innovative ways to help small business get funding for mission - critical equipment, said CEMC founder and currency CEO, Charles Anderson.
Neville tells me that he actually tested this
in many
industries (including banking and business - to - business
sales), and found that a «casual tone» always outperforms boring emails.
The global drug
industry brought
in a whopping $ 602 billion
in sales last year, with North America accounting for almost half of that amount.
Sales to retailers slipped 2.2 % for AB InBev
in the second quarter of 2015, worse than the
industry's 1 % drop.
UP FOR
SALE: After 50 years
in operation, legendary music publishing magazine Rolling Stone is giving
in to the pressures of the media
industry.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, CEO Tom Falk pointed to P&G's price - cutting to regain
sales as part of the
industry's challenge.
The uncertainty could disrupt both short - term
sales and long - term investments
in the steel
industry industry as well, said Peter Warrian, a senior research fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.
The world's biggest beer makers have been angling to tap rising interest
in the craft category, which generated $ 19.6 billion
in retail
sales last year and now accounts for 11 % of the total beer market, according to
industry trade group the Brewers Association.
His clients include executives and business leaders
in a broad range of
industries, including all varieties of financial services (securities and commodities trading and
sales, banking, investment and hedge funds), automobile manufacturing and
sales, professional sports agency, pharmaceuticals, and high technology.
The loss of just one large client hit the paychecks of the president and her partners immediately, and put Drive
Industries Design Group, which projects $ 800,000
in 2005
sales,
in survival mode.
U.S.
industry sales of large SUVs have jumped 11 percent
in the first half of the year, Ford Motor Co. estimates, compared with increases of 9 percent for midsize and 4 percent for small SUVs.
So, yes, there is a decline
in the restaurant
industry's
sales, but it's probably more because of how relatively expensive it is to eat out, not the back - and - forth between Trump and Clinton.
The fast casual segment (besides Chipotle and Panera, think Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Noodles & Co.) already accounts for more than $ 30 billion
in annual
sales, and
industry consultant Allen predicts it will hit $ 100 billion
in less than a decade.
For one, political instability has made maintaining employment
in the oil
industry more important than keeping government revenues from oil
sales high.
As marketers, we try to get our hands on the most sustainable content that not only increases
sales, but also gives us the competitive edge
in the
industry.